Flavio Farroni

Dr Flavio Farroni is applied mechanics professor at the University of Naples, founder and CEO of its spin-off MegaRide, and works as an academic advisor in vehicle dynamics with several companies and racing teams. He works on the development of physical models for the optimization of performance in motorsport, in driver-in-the-loop systems and in digital mobility scenarios, within an international research network. He was awarded Young Scientist of the Year at TTE 2015; was one of MIT Technology Review's Italian Innovators Under 35 in 2018 and won Tire Technology of the Year at TTE 2018 with the startup MegaRide.

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Presentation

Advances in physical modeling applied to tire and vehicle simulations

This presentation aims to provide scientific updates from the laboratories of the tire and vehicle dynamics research group of the University of Naples, before they become new features of the simulation software developed by the group's spin-off companies. The main research topics concern the role of road roughness analysis and reproduction, in real-time comfort and handling models, and with tire wear and degradation mechanisms, influenced by viscoelasticity evolution and affecting contact friction and thermodynamics. Each topic comprises the experimental, parameters identification and model implementation phases.